Main Thrust Areas:
• Emphasis
on dry land farming, accelerated development of infrastructure, removal of
disparity, development of urban areas and generation of employment
opportunities for youth.
• Stringent
measures to enhance revenue collection and ensuring effective capital
expenditure.
• Two
digit economic growth with focus on agriculture, trade and industry,
infrastructure development and financial discipline.
• Government resolve to
take agriculture growth rate to 6%.
Debt Relief from
Money Lenders :
• Debt
relief of Rs. 171 crore benefitting over 2 lakh farmers in Marathwada and
Vidarbha regions.
Agriculture :
•
Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan- Rs. 1000 crore,
cement Nala Bunds- Rs.500 crore and Repairs of ex-Malgujari tanks in Vidarbha-
Rs.100 crore.
• Ambitious programme
of micro irrigation with outlay of Rs.330 crore.
•
New scheme of ‘Motiramji Lahane Krishi
Samruddhi Yojana’ in suicide prone Yavatmal district with emphasis on
mechanisation of agriculture and convergence of various agricultural schemes.
•
State Employment Guarantee Scheme- Rs.700
crore and Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme – Rs.1948 crore.
• Rashtriya
Krishi Yojana- Rs. 336 crore and National Food Security Mission and
Agricultural Extension and Technology Mission-Rs. 257 crore.
Irrigation:
• Outlay for irrigation
sector- Rs. 7272 crore
• Strict
implementation of technical and financial management of irrigation projects.
Road Development:
• ‘Mukhyamantri
Gramin Marg Yojana’ announced for rural roads with outlay of Rs. 300
crore. The outlay to be enhanced to Rs.1000 crore every year.
• Pradhanmantri
Gram Sadak Yojana- Rs. 790 crore. An outlay of Rs. 71 crore for those works
which do not fit into the norms of the scheme.
• Outlay of Rs. 3213
crore for road works of 5000 kilometres.
• New scheme ‘Aamdar
Adarsh Gaon Yojana’ announced.
Power:
• Power generation
projects- Rs. 535.34 crore.
• Infrastructure
Development for power distribution – Rs. 538 crore.
• Hydal projects – Rs.
900 crore.
Housing for BPL
families :
• New
scheme named ‘Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Gharkul Jaga Khaderi Arthsahayya Yojana’
announced. Financial assistance up to Rs. 50,000 under the scheme to buy land
to BPL families for dwelling house.
• Target
of 1,00,000 dwelling houses under housing schemes with outlay of Rs. 884 crore.
Swachchha Bharat
Abhiyan :
• Swachchha
Bharat Abhiya launched in the state with outlay of Rs. 810 crore.
Infrastructure
• Mumbai
Metro Line-3 Project – Rs.109.60 crore, Nagpur Metro Rail Project – Rs.197.65
crore and Pune Metro Project – Rs.174.99 crore.
• Smart Cities – Rs.
268 crore.
• Purchase of S. T.
buses and repairs of bus depots – Rs. 141 crore.
• Railway projects
under construction – Rs. 68.60 crore.
• Airport Development –
Rs. 91 crore.
• Land acquisition and
rehabilitation of Mihan Project – Rs. 200 crore.
Industry and Tourism:
• Cluster Incentive
Scheme – Rs. 315 crore.
• Subsidy on
electricity to power looms – Rs. 1232.53 crore.
• Preservation and
protection of notified forts – Rs. 50 crore.
•
Establishment of Maharashtra State
Eco-tourism Development Board to develop tourism in the forest and protection
of bio-diversity
• Development of road
side facilities for tourist – Rs. 50 crore.
• Development
of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Project, Gorewada and Sanjay Gandhi National Park – Rs.
100 crore.
• ‘Uttamrao Patil
Forest Park’ at every district.
Forest:
• Maharashtra State
Bamboo Development Board to be constituted
• New
scheme of ‘Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Jana Van Vikas Yojana’ to increase forest
cover and forest management through public participation.
Skill Development
• New
scheme ‘Pramod Mahajan Kaushalya Vikas Yojana’ announced for skill development.
•
Research and training institute at Sevagram
at Vardha to promote rural artisans and handicrafts
Education, Health and
Women Development :
• Construction of
girl’s hostel – Rs. 112.50 crore.
• All
girl’s hostels in the state will have protection wall in the next three years.
• Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
– Rs.1690.56 crore.
• National Health
Mission – Rs.1996.48 crore.
• Rajiv Gandhi
Jeevandayi Aroya Yojana– Rs. 300 crore.
•
New scheme of ‘Punyashlok Ahilyabai Holkar
Bajarpeth Yojana’ announced to develop market for products of women self-help
groups.
Minorities, Special
Assistance and Tribal Development:
• Share
capital contribution to Maulana Azad Alpasankhyank Vikas Mahamandal – Rs.150
crore.
• Special assistance to
BPL families – Rs.1451.50 crore.
• Special
Component Plan for scheduled castes population – Rs. 6490 crore.
• Tribal Sub Plan – Rs.
5170 crore.
Police and Courts:
• CCTV
cameras to be installed in Amravati, Nashik, Aurangabad and Nagpur cities.
• Cyber Crime Lab at
every district.
• Court building and
residential buildings for Judges – Rs. 413.60 crore.
Strengthening of
Administration:
• Independent
Evidence Based Photography Monitoring Cell at Mantralaya level.
• Scheme
to reward officers and staff in Government who come out with innovative ideas
on saving expenditure or increasing Government revenue.
TAX PROPOSALS
- Local Body Tax to be abolished from 1st
August 2015. Compensation of Revenue by enhancing VAT tax rate. - Women drawing salary upto to Rs.10000 per
month exempted from Profession Tax . - Tax rate on ladies Hand Bags and Purses
reduced from 12.5 per cent to 5 per cent. - Work Book, Graph Book, Drawing Book and
Laboratory Book for student’s tax free. - Tax
rate on LED Bulb reduced from 12.5 per cent to 5 per cent. - Tax rate on Guide wire used in medical
treatment reduced from 12.5 per cent to 5 per cent. - Some
medicines for treatment of Cancer tax free. - Reduction
of late fee for VAT Return from Rs. 2000 to Rs.1000. - Tax
concession on essential commodities continued for one more year. - No
VAT on Service Tax. - Rate of Excise Duty on Country liquor to be
at 200 per cent of manufacturing cost or Rs. 120 per proof liter, whichever is
higher. - Mobilisation
of Revenue by enhanced premimum on additional FSI. - Entry
Tax on import of Long Steel in State. - Tax rate on Plain & Pre-laminated
Particle Board enhanced from 5 per cent to 12.5 per cent.
